It looks very much like this years calendar with Russia added on it. Any attempts to put Argentina back on the calendar appear to have been put to be as well. Once again no races in the UK, Germany or France. The Russian race may have been added to entice Lada into a full programme for next year.

Would the Circuito del Jarama or the Catalunya National Circuit work better for touring car racing? I can’t say I’ve seen any racing on those circuits but it could be worth a try, anything is better than the ‘racing’ Valencia produces.

I’m still evaluating which round I would go to (if I go to one), I’m still waiting on which Spanish circuit will hold the race. It’s just typical that the nearest race is over 1000 miles by road from where I live!

The final calendar has been revealed and after Brazil apparently being dropped a few weeks ago, it is on the calendar at the expense of Spain which will not host a race for the first time. The WTCC’s abandoning of Western Europe continues!

Other than that, the Race of Brazil has been moved back a week and the Race of the United States has been moved forward a week while Japan and China have swapped places.

Anybody know if the Maserati trofeo will be running in conjunction as well? They were actually quicker per lap and had MUCH better sound than the touring cars but it was all fun when I saw the series in Sonoma.
(autogp blew em both out of the water for sound and lap times, but were impossible to follow because their numberings are difficult at best to make out and a lot of the paint jobs were too similar)

Auto GP won’t be going to Brazil or the USA in 2013 in order to cut costs. Most of the circuits don’t have a schedule yet although a few of the European races (what’s left of them) will host some rounds of Auto GP and ETCC.

@joey-zyla Considering the Marrakech Street Circuit is basically a few straights linked with chicanes, the racing there is poor in comparison to most of the other events.

Negotiations with Curitiba were going on right until the last minute although I wish the WTCC would go to Interlagos in the future, it looks like it might actually be a good track for touring cars.